Photo: Bridgette Reynolds · CC0 · credits
Timeline
2 events◦ Birth 1† Death 1
1930s
2010s
Biography
English biography130 words · 4 sectionssource: wikipedia-en · licence CC BY-SA 4.0 · revision 1367049749
Biography
Lewie Polk Steinberg (September 13, 1933 – July 21, 2016) was an American musician best known as the original bass guitar player for the soul music group Booker T. & the M.G.'s.
Early life
Steinberg was born in Memphis, Tennessee to Baptist parents.
Booker T. & the M.G.'s
He joined Booker T. & the MG's in 1962. He was featured on "Green Onions" and its B-side, "Behave Yourself", as well as the albums Green Onions and Soul Dressing. Steinberg left the group in 1965 and was replaced by Donald "Duck" Dunn.
Steinberg was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1992, as a member of Booker T. & the M.G.'s.
Personal life
Steinberg received a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award in 2007. Steinberg died from cancer on July 21, 2016, in Memphis, at the age of 82.
Discography & profile
Normalised profile
Percentiles are computed over every artist in the database, so a tier-3 artist can still sit in the 95th percentile on a single axis.
| Metric | Value | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia language versions | 5 | 32th |
| Spotify monthly listeners | — | no data |
| Release groups in DB | 0 | 0th |
| Studio albums | 0 | 0th |
| Awards recorded | 0 | 0th |
| Timeline events | 2 | 62.1th |
| Recording span (years) | — | no data |
| Genres | 1 | 56th |
Percentiles are computed at render time; missing values mean the artist has no data on that axis.
Discography (0 release groups)
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Stats & PK
Percentile within all 23,672 published artists.Put Lewie Steinberg head-to-head →
| Metric | Value | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia language versions | 5 | 32th |
| Spotify monthly listeners | — | no data |
| Release groups in DB | 0 | 0th |
| Studio albums | 0 | 0th |
| Awards recorded | 0 | 0th |
| Timeline events | 2 | 62.1th |
| Recording span (years) | — | no data |
| Genres | 1 | 56th |
Awards & honours
Line-up
| Name | From | To | Role |
|---|---|---|---|
| Booker T. & the M.G.'s(band) | 1962 | 1965 | bass guitar,original |
Where this record comes from
portrait—Wikimedia Commons · CC0 · retrieved 11 October 2026
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Lewie_Steinberg_accepting_Brass_Note_on_Beale_Street%27s_Walk_of_Fame.jpgaliases/urls—musicbrainz · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://musicbrainz.org/artist/9bf33cac-fbce-461b-a681-51653aa1f790discography—musicbrainz · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://musicbrainz.org/artist/9bf33cac-fbce-461b-a681-51653aa1f790core—wikidata · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6536168genre—wikidata · CC0 · retrieved 11 October 2026
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6536168seed-list—wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lewie_Steinbergbiography—wikipedia-en · CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lewie_Steinberg
Why this artist is in the database
- List of Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees — rank #52
75px | Booker T. & the M.G.'s | Booker T. Jones, Steve Cropper, Donald "Duck" Dunn, Al Jackson Jr., and Lewie Steinberg. | 2 (1988, 1989) | Jim Stewart
Tier rule: legacy lists: hof
Image: Bridgette Reynolds · CC0 · Wikimedia Commons
Wikidata: Q6536168 · MusicBrainz: 9bf33cac-fbce-461b-a681-51653aa1f790
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